A passage of Scripture I have struggled with until . . .

Ever had a passage of Scripture that you have read countless times and you just didn't get why God did what He did, and why? I have way too many, but on this day I actually did some research/reading in depth on one. 1 Chronicles 13:9-14. It is also in 2 Sam 6:6-7. David is moving the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. The Ark is the representation of God's presence to the people of Israel. It is a time of celebration until . . . the oxen stumble. A man named Uzzah reaches out to steady the Ark of God. He doesn't it to fall and get damaged. His motives appear pure & right. David's motives appear to be pure and right until . . . . Don't you hate those . . . ? Why was God angry? Why did this guy have to die? I didn't get it until . . . 1 Chron 13:1 tells us that David consulted his officials. Sounds good, right. He sought wise counsel. But what I didn't see until today was that David didn't seek after God. He did in 2 Sam 5:19, 23. He sought his friends and not God. But wait before we go jumping on David, how many times do we (I) do the very same thing? We ask our close friends for counsel and fail to ask God? I am guilty! But there is even more that I missed and we miss unless we do the background. I discovered God gave specific ways to move the Ark. Numbers 4:4, the Ark must be covered with the veil or inner curtain of the Tent of Meeting. Numbers 4:15, they must not touch the Ark but use carrying poles, and it must be carried by the Kohathites clan of the tribe of Levi. The warning was that if you touch it, you will die. This isn't looking good for David right now or Uzzah. If we look in Numbers 7, the Kohathites were not given a cart or oxen to carry the Ark or sacred objects, but they were to carry them on their shoulders with the carrying poles. So my question is where did David come up with this idea of putting the Ark on a cart pulled by oxen? The answer is not good for David or Uzzah. It comes from their enemy, the Philistines. Go read 1 Sam 6. These people did not know God's law of handling the Ark. They used a new cart and had 2 cows that had just calved to pull the cart. David did the same thing as the Philistines, the people who did not worship God. I had always read that and thought, how could God do that? How could He be so mad over something so innocent? Yet it was David, the man after God's own heart who missed this. It was Uzzah, who didn't follow God's instructions. It wasn't just one sin, it was one sin leading to another. David did not seek God. It seemed right to the people, but no one sought after God. I wonder how many times have I sought man's approval and not God's, and I missed out or caused catastrophes in my life or other's. The issue was that David disregarded God's Word and God's warnings. Uzzah disregarded God's Word & warning. Consulting our peers is no substitute for following God's Word when He has clearly spoken. Good intentions with sinful human counsel interfere with the kingdom of God. Because God is holy and all-knowing, why don't I go to HIM, and listen/wait on His answer rather than going to a person who doesn't know all, see all, and have my best interest at heart. No wander Jesus said we are like sheep. Sheep are dumb, and I are dumb. Oh wait . . . there it is again. Maybe I will learn from this . . . . .